Basically, a former educator, David Riley, created resources to use in his classroom. He then decided to create this app for your computer to make the resources available for other teachers to use. And these resources are really cool.
To start, visit the Triptico website here: http://www.triptico.co.uk/
On the main page, you can click to download and it will take you through the very easy and fast process. When I downloaded it today, it said there was an update and I chose to go ahead and install the update too. It took maybe 5 minutes for everything to download and be up and running.
Once you have downloaded the app, you can view the resources by scrolling through the scroll bar on the bottom for all of the resources or by clicking "Favorites" for a short list. More resources are found through the scroll bar.
There are a variety of resources from games to timers and organizational tools. Just click on any activity to view it. You can move the activity around on the screen and you can adjust the size by pulling at the corners.
You can preview each activity by clicking the demo button for example questions.
You can also run two of the applications at one time.
There are so many great activities that you should take a look at. Here are a few I think you'll like:
1. Timer: You have timers in your Promethean and SMART software, but this one is pretty cool too. When you open it up there are three timer choices. Choose one, place anywhere on your screen, and press start.
2. Team Scoreboard: This resource would have come in handy during all the team games I played with my students. I used to split my math class into teams and hand everyone a whiteboard and marker. I'd give them a math problem and reward points to the teams who got the questions right. I kept score with a tally chart, but this little app would have been very cool. You can choose how many teams you want, and even name each team and award or take away points. I could also see this being used for other things you do in groups or for classrooms who seat students by tables and award points for behavior.
3. What's the Question: This is a game that is like Jeopardy. You can open it up and create a set of questions and answers. You save the file and then open it back up to play the game. It is very fast and easy to use. This would be a great quiz review.
4. Find 10: This game has students find ten answers to a question. The demo has Shakespeare plays, but I could see this being used for any subject. It would be a great morning exercise for ways to make a number or activities to complete that day.
There are quite a few games and tools. You should absolutely, 100% go download this app and begin using it today. Go do it now!
You can find another review of this product here: http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/category/iwb/smartboard/
Awesome! :)
ReplyDeleteOne of the biggest advantages of using interactive whiteboard devices is that they have tons of resource activities that are made by teachers themselves. One example is Triptico. Apps like this can help make the class more attentive to different activities and lessons. It can make the lesson easier for the teacher to deliver and for the students to absorb.
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